A moment later, Nara Dan appeared out of thin air at the other end of the underground passage.
"Clearly, even after passing the test of intelligence,"
"this underground passage isn't as convenient as that guy claimed."
Nara Dan stepped out of the passage and found himself in a rocky wasteland. Quite a few examinees had already gathered there in small groups.
Clearly, they had arrived before him.
"The underground passage must be dozens of kilometers long,"
"and there isn't a single light in it."
"For an ordinary person to make it out of this passage, they'd need a fair amount of stamina,"
"and they'd also have to endure the almost endless silence and darkness underground."
"On top of that, they'd have no way of knowing whether they could reach the designated location before the Hunter Exam began."
"All those conditions together probably make this no easier than the so-called examinees who walked above ground."
"This must be another part of the Hunter Exam's screening process."
Nara Dan slowly made his way toward the crowd. Before he could take a closer look, a short, stout figure appeared in front of him.
A greasy, overweight middle-aged man with a blocky nose and a short stature came toward Nara Dan.
"You look like a new face, young man."
The man greeted him warmly.
Nara Dan's eyes narrowed slightly as he recognized the man.
The legendary rookie crusher, the miraculous survivor, the man who had taken the Hunter Exam dozens of times—Tonpa!
"Hello, I'm Tonpa."
Tonpa wore an entirely harmless smile, like a kindly middle-aged man.
Nara Dan, meanwhile, kept sizing him up. This was the legendary Tonpa the Great, a hidden god-tier figure of the same Rank as Otsutsuki Ichiraku of the Ninja World!
"Hello. I've heard so much about you!"
For once,